Besse Park
Torrington, Connecticut · opened 1977lost 1978
B esse Park Torrington, CT ?-Early-Mid 1970's A sign for the park, thanks to Jon Regan. History ~ Memories ~ History Major Besse Park had a ski area the operated from probably the 1960's into the early to middle 1970's. It was a typical town slope, with just a rope tow and limited vertical. The area was lots of fun for local kids, who enjoyed building homemade jumps and enjoyed the hot chocolate served.
Skiable acres
—
Trails
—
Lifts
—
Longest run
—
Snowmaking
—
Avg snowfall
—
Night skiing
—
Uphill capacity
—
Snowfall by season
No reported season totals for this area yet.
The 1998-99 season
Modeled snowfall, season to date (ERA5)
No daily weather for this season.
Terrain open, from published snow reports
No snow reports captured for 1998-99. Historical reports come from Internet Archive snapshots of the resort's snow-report page (
neski wayback).Season history
No seasons computed yet.
Reported snowfall, snow days and base depths come from OnTheSnow's season history or the resort's own reports. Opening and closing dates are the first and last archived snow report showing terrain open (* = projected). Modeled snowfall is ERA5 reanalysis at the resort's coordinates and is not comparable to the reported column.
Terrain
0 trails · 0 mi mappedNo trails mapped yet. OpenStreetMap coverage is collected with
neski osm.Trails colored by rating; lifts dashed red. Geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Lifts
0 mapped · 0 mi of cableNo lifts mapped yet.
Lift ticket prices
No ticket prices captured yet. Price collection reads the resort's ticket page and its Internet Archive history.
Nearby ski areas
Mohawk Mountain
CT · 650 ft vertical
8.7 mi
Ski Sundown
CT · 625 ft vertical
11.5 mi
Mount Southington
CT · 425 ft vertical
19.7 mi
Otis Ridge
MA · 400 ft vertical
26.5 mi
Ski Butternut
MA · 1,000 ft vertical
26.6 mi
Catamount Ski Area
MA · 1,000 ft vertical
29.9 mi
Straight-line distance between the areas' map coordinates. Compare with the closest two.
Where these numbers come from
No attribute observations recorded yet.